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Feed Lease Delivers Servo Feedto Capitol Technologies

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Capitol Technologies, Inc., South Bend, IN, has taken delivery of a new servo roll feed from Feed Lease Corp., Rochester Hills, MI. The Model RF 4 x 42 feed, handling cold-rolled steel to 42 in. wide and 0.060 in. thick, will be used on a tryout press. Features include 4-in.-dia. crodon-surfaced feed rolls and a pull-through straightener. Sealed-for-life double-row ball bearings mean that the feed has only one grease point. Dual pneumatic cylinders provide roll lift and pilot release. The feed is mounted on an adjustable-height cabinet with a four-roll curve section, a remote jog pendant and adjustable edge guides. Controls include a PLC-based drive package and allow feed-length adjustment on the fly.
For more, visit www.feedlease.com.

Production Stamping Earns Quality Certification

Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Production Stamping Corp., Milwaukee, WI, has been registered to QS 9000/ISO 9002.
The company provides heavy-gauge and deep-drawn metal stampings, weldments and assemblies to the recreational, lawn-and-garden and automotive markets. It operates out of a new facility with more than 20 large-bed presses in capacities to 1000 tons.

AISI Free Seminar Slated for Auto-Steel Designs

Tuesday, December 09, 2003

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) will offer its Great Designs in Steel Seminar 2004 on Wednesday, February 18, at the Laurel Manor Conference and Banquet Center in Livonia, MI. The free seminar discusses new and emerging automotive steel technologies, with more than 24 technical presentations given by automotive engineers and steel-industry representatives. Presentations will detail the use of dual-phase steels in tailor-welded-blank applications; gas-metal-arc welding of high-strength steels; formability characteristics of new high-strength steels; rollforming and hydroforming of high-strength steels; and discussion of new steel technologies in various production vehicles. Also covered: spot welding; steel bumper systems, wheels and fuel tanks; vehicle crashworthiness; and modeling and machinability related to high-strength steels.
For more, contact Deanna Lorincz at AISI, tel. 248/945-4769, or visit www.autosteel.org.